TAP Welcomes APPG Report on Poverty & Inequality – Urgent Action Needed

London, 16 June 2025 — Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) welcomes today's report from the All‑Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty and Inequality, which highlights the disproportionate impact of poverty on disabled people. The report reveals stark evidence that disabled individuals are significantly more likely to suffer hardship, including:

·       Almost three times higher rates of material deprivation—34% of disabled people experience food, heating, or clothing shortages, compared with 13% of the non-disabled population

·       41% of disabled people unable to afford to keep their homes warm, versus 23% non-disabled (disabilityrightsuk.org, appgpovertyinequality.org.uk)

TAP applauds the APPG’s findings that the inadequacy of social security benefits lies at the heart of this crisis. The report warns that current benefit rates are pushing disabled people into deeper poverty, and calls for reforms including:

1.    Uptake of independent assessments to uprate benefits to actual living needs

2.    Reform of deductions and realignment with objective needs

3.    A new “Essentials Guarantee” to ensure people have enough to live, not just survive (disabilityrightsuk.org)

“The health and wealth of a nation is measured not in its success in battle, on the sports field or in GDP growth, but in its level of well-being and the compassion its people show for their fellow citizens,” said Tom Burgess, CEO Taxpayers Against Poverty.

TAP supports the APPG’s call and stresses that action cannot wait any longer. TAP urges policymakers to act on the APPG’s recommendations and to expand them by introducing bold, targeted measures such as:

·       Cancelling council tax for renters, shifting liability onto property owners benefiting from unearned land value gains

·       Raising the income tax threshold to the Real Living Wage, to ensure work truly pays

·       Introducing a tax on extreme wealth, unlocking funds for affordable housing, healthcare, education, and a strengthened social security system

“We have the wealth—and the evidence—to build a nation that cares for all its citizens,” Tom Burgess added. “Now is the time for policymakers to step up and act.”

TAP invites MPs from all parties to join this urgent call to build a stronger, fairer, and more compassionate UK.

For media enquiries, interviews, or comment: Tom Burgess, CEO, Taxpayers Against PovertyEmail: taxpayersagainstpoverty@gmail.comWebsite: www.taxpayersagainstpoverty.org.uk www.realagenda.org

About Taxpayers Against Poverty Taxpayers Against Poverty is a UK-based independent advocacy group dedicated to tackling poverty, inequality, and social injustice by promoting economic policies that have a direct effect on reducing poverty and the unnecessary financial hardship. TAP’s sister organisation and partner is Compassion in Politics which seeks to bring more truth respect and compassion into political life